Clinical experience with an academic foundation
Dr. Alissa Ledson, OTD, is a licensed occupational therapist with a background in school-based pediatric practice, acute hospital care, and inpatient rehabilitation.
Experience across settings
Alissa currently works with children for Alameda Unified School District. Her previous clinical experience includes acute hospital care and inpatient rehabilitation, with roles at UCSF Medical Center, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, and TriStar Summit.
She earned a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Belmont University and a BA in Cognitive Science from UC Davis. Her academic work included a doctoral project comparing music and animal-assisted approaches to anxiety in graduate students and research assistant experience in UC Davis’s Cognitive Neurolinguistic Laboratory.
Alissa has participated in the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Emerging Leaders Development Program and presented on student involvement in AOTA special interest sections.
Licensed occupational therapist
Alissa Brandt is regulated by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. The practice name displayed here is Dr. Alissa Ledson, OTD.
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